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Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Sean Morgan, who is executive vice president of finance and operations at Westlake Financial. Morgan talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby ... Listen Here
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Tom Kontos, who now is analytics advisor for Auto Auction Holdings. Convinced to come out of retirement and get back in the business last fall with the growing wholesale ... Listen Here
Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars
Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Clark Jr., operations manager of C& C Cars in Pinellas Park, Fla. Clark is a third-generation dealer and helps run the family business ... Listen Here

Top 20 cities with most & least auto finance debt

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Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, 04:08 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
WalletHub recently released a report highlighting the top 20 cities where consumers took on the largest amount of financing to acquire a vehicle and where they also absorbed the least, generating extreme debt-to-income ratios. In order to identify the cities with the ... [Read More]

January auto defaults stable as bank-card reading spikes

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Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, 04:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While analysts looked to sooth concerns about the bank card default rate reaching a 42-month high, S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian pointed out that auto finance defaults in January remained at a level typically seen during the opening month ... [Read More]

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Positive earnings streak for CPS reaches 22 straight quarters

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Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, 04:51 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Consumer Portfolio Services chairman and chief executive officer Brad Bradley not only summarized how his company navigated the fourth quarter, but the outspoken industry veteran also perhaps gave a concise assessment of what’s happening at other subprime auto finance companies ... [Read More]

VisionMenu unveils Remote F&I

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Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, 04:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
VisionMenu, a provider of software selling solutions to automotive and powersports dealers, recently released Remote F&I- a remote menu, disclosure and document signing web application that uses vSignature technology to control what a customer views on their smartphone and allows ... [Read More]

Fitch: Subprime ABS annualized net losses to ‘stay elevated’

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Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, 04:16 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The latest auto ABS commentary from Fitch Ratings not only recapped analysts’ look at the December data but also delivered projections for what might happen in this space during the remainder of the year. Looking deeper at subprime auto loan ... [Read More]

Hudson Cook elects 3 new partners

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Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, 04:14 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Hudson Cook announced the election of three attorneys to the partnership this week. The group includes Robert Gage, Lauren Hunt and Jennifer Sarvadi. Gage helps the firm’s clients solve complex problems with practical advice on legal matters, risk management, and ... [Read More]

Appeals court grants rehearing, vacates decision that questioned CFPB’s constitutionality

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Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, 08:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As reported by other media outlets as well as the American Financial Services Association and Hudson Cook, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday granted the rehearing petition involving the case in which the ... [Read More]

Considering personal loan involvement in vehicle delivery

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Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, 04:49 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The latest TransUnion Industry Insights Report found that 80 million consumers held a vehicle lease or retail installment contract as of the close of 2016. Analysts determined the figure marked the highest level TransUnion has observed since at least the ... [Read More]

GM Financial reinforcing AmeriCredit channel paying ‘dividends’

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Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, 03:17 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
About a year ago, GM Financial restructured internal management to strengthen its AmeriCredit division — the original piece General Motors acquired almost seven years ago. Since that point, GM Financial has since become the captive for the parent automaker. However, ... [Read More]

Successes for Enterprise Car Sales & AFG in credit union space

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Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, 03:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Both Enterprise Car Sales and Auto Financial Group (AFG) recently highlighted how much success they’re having with credit unions. Enterprise Car Sales said it generated a record $575 million in financing volume to more than 31,000 credit union members during ... [Read More]

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